弘贊法華傳 6.34

6.34

釋寶玦。張孝秀弟也。出家住匡山寺。誦法華經。甚得通利。而不能善攝身口。梁邵陵王嫌之。夜遣二人。密往殺玦。玦時在床臥息。忽夢見四人到床前。手搖玦云。邵陵王遣人來殺汝。汝那得安眠。玦因驚覺。即起向後開門。仍覺前戶有人入聲。心轉惶怖。出至房後。本有池水。由來未經涉入。不測淺深。恍忽之間。忽見一船。二人倚篙待之。玦乃上船。到彼岸竟。即見邵陵王所遣二人。已在池邊。但礙水不得過。玦自後折節讀誦。善能斷契。人所倣効。時人。呼為廬山殺契者。是也。

Śramaṇa Baojue was the younger brother of Zhang Xiaoxiu. He left home and lived at Kuangshan Monastery, reciting the Lotus Sūtra with great fluency and ease, yet he could not properly restrain his body and speech. Prince Shaoling of the Liang resented him and secretly sent two men at night to kill Jue. At that time, Jue was resting in bed when he suddenly dreamed of four men coming before his bed; shaking Jue with their hands, they said, "Prince Shaoling has sent men to kill you! How can you sleep peacefully?" Jue was startled awake, immediately got up, and opened the rear door, while still hearing the sound of people entering from the front door. His heart became even more terrified. Going out behind the room, there was originally a pond whose water he had never waded into, so he did not know its depth. In a daze, he suddenly saw a boat with two men leaning on punting poles waiting for him. Jue then boarded the boat. As soon as he reached the other bank, he saw the two men sent by Prince Shaoling already at the pond's edge, but obstructed by the water, they could not cross. From then on, Jue mended his ways and devoted himself to reading and chanting, becoming exceedingly skilled at phrasing and cadence, serving as a model for others. The people of the time called him "the Master of Cadence of Mount Lu," and he was indeed so.